DVD-Documentation of a project on the occasion of "Capital of Culture RUHR.2010" in the context of the exhibition cycle of the Museums of the Ruhr area "Mapping the Region" more...
Dhrupad vocalist Amelia Cuni forges an uncanny blend of traditions with this original interpretation of John Cage's 18 Microtonal Ragas: Solo 58, a cycle of 18-scale patterns from the collection Song Books (1970). An Italian-German performer and composer trained in both European experimental music and the classical Hindustani art of dhrupad, Cuni contextualizes Cage's use of melodic modulations and rhythmic cycles within one of the oldest and most refined idioms of Indian performance practice. more...
